On Feb 26, 2013, at 11:37 AM, stivermr <networker-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT
COM> wrote:
> I was able to inventory and label tapes but the backup jobs kept failing.
> Once I re-enabled the tape drives I was able to run a backup job. The tape
> drives said they were in Service mode before I enabled them.
That behavior is absolutely correct for a tape drive that is in service mode.
You can use it to inventory and label tapes, but it will not be used to
automatically mount a tape needed for recovery, backup, or clone operations by
NetWorker itself.
- Frank
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